mealworm

English

Mealworms

Wikispecies

Etymology

From meal +‎ worm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːlˌwɜː(ɹ)m/

Noun

mealworm (plural mealworms)

1. The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.

Translations

larva of the Tenebrio molitor

• Bulgarian: брашнян червей m (brašnjan červej)
• Catalan: cuc de la farina m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黃粉蟲／黄粉虫 (huángfěnchóng)

• Finnish: jauhomato (fi)
• French: ver de farine (fr) m
• Polish: mącznik (pl) m
• Portuguese: larva-da-farinha f, tenébrio m
• Russian: мучно́й червь m (mučnój červʹ)
• Turkish: un kurdu

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} grenvermo
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} jahuuss
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} múčny červ